Protection Against Lyme Disease Spirochete Transmission Provided by Prompt Removal of Nymphal Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 509-512

  Piesman, Joseph ^a   Dolan, Marc C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Ixodes scapularis; Lyme disease; Tick removal

Indexed keywords

ACARI; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDAE; SPIROCHAETALES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; INFESTATION; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; NYMPH; PARASITE VECTOR; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; NYMPH; RABBITS; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 0036580566     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-39.3.509     Document Type: Article

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